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Enfield Council is holding its next prestigious job fair at the Green Towers Community Centre in Edmonton. It is being held on Wednesday 20th April 2016 between 10am - 3pm at the Green Towers Community Centre, 7 Plevna Road, Edmonton, N9 0BU.

This week Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Economic Regeneration & Business Development, Cllr Alan Sitkin, welcomed the news that industrial developer Chancerygate has acquired a 3.2 acre development site in Lockfield Avenue, Enfield.

Enfield Council has unveiled a raft of measures designed to encourage residents to use the borough's small shops and other businesses in the run up to Christmas, and shop locally on Small Business Saturday (5 December).

A proprietor, together with his company which sold cosmetic products containing dangerous substances, have been ordered to pay out a total of £16,000 in costs and fines after a successful prosecution by Enfield Council.

A group of keen jobseekers from Enfield say their experience at Britain’s largest water company has left them feeling more confident and more likely to be offered employment after completing a three week work placement.

Enfield Council has received £1,082,824 of New Homes Bonus Funding from the Greater London Authority (GLA), which will invest in apprenticeships, bring businesses together and improve town centres in Enfield Town and Ponders End.

This week Cllr Alan Sitkin, Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Economic Regeneration and Business Development, saw for himself the development of a 93,000 sq ft warehouse being built in the heart of industrial Enfield (Mollison Avenue).

Anyone interested in a career in the construction industry should make sure they attend Enfield Thinks’ FREE construction sessions in May. These sessions will look to give an introduction to all aspects of the trade and help direct you towards a career in construction.

Yesterday, (Wednesday 18 February), Cllr Alan Sitkin, Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Cllr Ayfer Orhan, Cabinet Member for Education, Children’s Services and Protection paid a visit to the HEAT hair salon in Enfield to see for themselves how this modern hairdressing academy is creating opportunities for local people to train in the profession.

Enfield Council is holding its 17th prestigious job fair at the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London which will be open to anyone resident in Enfield who is currently looking for employment, training, apprenticeships or advice.

Enfield Council’s land charges department has been shortlisted for ‘The Best Customer Experience Award’ by Land Data, the official government appointed organisation that manages and regulates the National Land Information Service (NLIS) contracts.

The North London Credit Union, a not-for-profit financial co-operative, run on behalf of its members and supported by Enfield Council has announced some permanent, new drop in days at Edmonton Green and Ordnance Unity Centre libraries, which will be followed a couple of weeks later by a regular afternoon at John Wilkes House, Ponders End.

Local businesses celebrated their well-deserved awards at the 2014 Enterprise Enfield Business Awards Gala Dinner and Presentation Ceremony last night (Wednesday 3rd December) at the Royal Chace Hotel in Enfield. The annual competition, now in its tenth year, is run by local enterprise agency, Enterprise Enfield, supported by Enfield Council, and aims to recognise and reward the achievements of businesses as well their owners’ determination to succeed in the current challenging economic climate.

Since July, when new data sharing powers were given to local authorities, Enfield Council and the Home Office have exposed 12 suspected sham marriages and civil partnerships which were due to take place at the borough’s registry office.

During October representatives from Jobsnet, a brokerage service that helps match employees with suitable vacancies, visited Enfield Council’s Customer Services Call Centre based in The Dugdale Centre.

Business leaders were told of Enfield Council’s vision to attract industrial pioneers, help new businesses to flourish and prosper and create 40,000 new jobs in the borough yesterday, (17 September), when the Enfield Business Centre was officially reopened after an extensive refurbishment.

Enfield Council’s elections team is urging local residents not to miss out, as the biggest change to the electoral registration system in nearly 100 years takes place with the message “It’s time to act”.

Local resident Yvonne Holder from Edmonton Green was presented with an iPad this week from Cllr Andrew Stafford, Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Finance as the lucky winner of Enfield Council’s ‘win an iPad’ competition.

A woman who received nearly £22k of taxpayers money she was not entitled to has received an eight weeks prison sentence suspended for 12 months, and a two month curfew to run between 8pm and 6am. She was also ordered to pay costs of £550 and a victim surcharge of £80.

Enfield Council is hosting a networking meeting for small businesses in the borough so they can meet new customers and discover new technologies and techniques to make them more efficient and profitable.

The first business in Enfield has signed up to the Connection Voucher Scheme run by Enfield Council and the Greater London Authority which aims to bring better internet connectivity to companies in the borough.

A welcome addition to the Eley Industrial Estate in Advent Way, Edmonton N18 starts tomorrow when the first forks are plunged into the barren land to build a small business area and a Premier Inn Hotel.

Up to 200 charities and small or medium–sized businesses in Enfield could apply for vouchers worth between £250- £3,000 from Enfield Council to upgrade their broadband infrastructure under a £400,000 pilot scheme funded by the Greater London Authority.

Please not that this is an invitation to an open provider information day only; it is not a contract notice. If you wish to be considered for any future contract for these services you will need to register your interest by following the instructions given in the formal contract notice.

Fraudster Viorica Spirache , 44, from Rays Road Edmonton was sentenced in Wood Green Crown Court on Wednesday 21st November to two years imprisonment for what the judge called ‘multiple fraud’ and ‘fraudulent from the outset’.

To celebrate the establishment of 1,000 Fairtrade towns worldwide, the Mayor of Enfield, Cllr Christiana During, will be cutting a special Fairtrade cake on Saturday 4th June and giving out other Fairtrade goodies to visitors.